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Jane Dods
Jane “White Feather” Dodd, (Fictional)

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Jane Eagle Plume

Birth: 1584 VA
Death: Richmond Co. VA
Father: Chief Eagle Plume
Spouse: John Dods, of the Jamestown Colony is claimed, with no evidence
From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dods-48

Other researchers assume that John Dods married an American Indian, usually a Princess, and often called "Princess Niketta," or "Jane Eagle Plume." It is unlikely that John Dods wife was a Native American as there is no notation beside her name in the 1624 Muster and other individuals who were Native American had the notation beside their name "Native". Following is what Nancy Egloff of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation wrote:

Dods was a laborer who, twice, accompanied a group with John Smith to explore the Chesapeake Bay and to meet with Powhatan, leader of more than 30 tribes in Tidewater Virginia at the time. However, we know nothing about his wife Jane. Finally, there is no documentation in any primary sources on the person often called “Princess Niketta,” alias “Jane Eagle Plume.” From documents, we do not know the names of any of Opechancanough’s children.[10]

See also

http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/10/jane-eagle-plume-princess-n...

Citations

10. Egloff, Nancy, Historian, (28 Feb 2014) Curatorial Dept., Museum Operations & Education, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation P.O. Box 1607, Williamsburg, VA 23187, (757) 253-7336 fax (757) 253-7350, (JYF) [nancy.egloff@jyf.virginia.gov] Email from Nancy Egloff, to Nancy Perry, titled RE: Jane Eagle Plume